The player is forced to restart if Ecco misses too many rings or takes too much damage. In these stages, Ecco must swim through moving rings while avoiding or attacking enemies.
The transformations are level-specific and include a seagull, a jellyfish, a shark, a school of fish, and a Vortex drone. The second is the "Metasphere", which transforms Ecco into different animals. The first is the "Pulsar", which grants Ecco the ability to fire a multi-directional sonar attack at enemies for the duration of the stage.
New puzzles include following other dolphins through an underwater maze and a "scavenger hunt" in which Ecco must collect the Asterite's missing globes. As a mammal, Ecco is also required to surface for air at regular intervals. By combining his charge and sonar, Ecco can attack enemies from a distance.
Ecco's main attack is to ram into enemies at high speeds, while his sonar is used to communicate with other cetaceans and interact with certain objects such as crystal Glyphs, as well as bring up a map of the area through echolocation. The game is infamous for its high level of difficulty, although the player has an infinite number of lives and a password system.The Tides of Time maintains the same gameplay as its predecessor. The game also features several pseudo 3D stages, where Ecco must jump through rings with a front-facing camera system. Ecco travels to multiple areas to stop the Vortex, including into the future to gain help from his descendants.Įcco has several moves, including a dash attack to defeat enemies, a sonar which can act as a projectile or be used to generate a map if held down long enough. Returning from the first game are the evil Vortex, a race of aliens intent on destroying Earth's oceans. The game was released in 1994 and features similar gameplay as its predecessor, where the player controls a dolphin as you traverse the ocean to save your family. Ecco: The Tides of Time is the sequel to 'Ecco the Dolphin' and was developed by Novotrade International for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, as well as several of Sega's other consoles.
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